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Recent Examples of wonted
His wonted improvisations and other departures from the script did not suggest his usual ease.
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Matthew Walther, TheWeek, 13 Mar. 2020
Egypt chose a different path, preferring to return to the wonted pain of dysfunctional autocracy and avoid civil war (although civil war seems even still to be creeping up on the Egyptians out of Sinai and Libya).
—Kenneth M. Pollack, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2016
Matthew Walther, TheWeek, 13 Mar. 2020
Egypt chose a different path, preferring to return to the wonted pain of dysfunctional autocracy and avoid civil war (although civil war seems even still to be creeping up on the Egyptians out of Sinai and Libya).
—Kenneth M. Pollack, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wonted
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The team's usual coach, JP MacCallum, took time off after his 10-year-old daughter, Selah, died of cancer, per Marchand's Instagram post.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Blank sailings have only gotten more prevalent as ocean carriers aimed to stop months of declines in freight rates after a softer-than-usual peak shipping season.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
29 Oct. 2025
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Regardless, for three weeks Dylan didn’t respond at all to the announcement of the award, nor to the customary invitation from their Royal Majesties, the King and Queen of Sweden, to come to Stockholm to accept the coveted Prize in person.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Foster himself is carefully presented in all the customary ways for this kind of quiet-cool, deadly-when-riled hero.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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Second is its patience, which leads to some extremely effective scares as producer/writer/director/cinematographer/editor Oren Peli spins the tale of an ordinary suburban couple terrorized by an unseen entity.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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What separates them from ordinary companies isn’t better strategy.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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The sector’s climate impact has made decarbonization a priority, and SAF is considered one of the most viable alternatives to conventional jet fuel.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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His own composer as usual, Amenabar here tends to underline the film’s shortcomings, rather than elevate its idiosyncrasies with an original score that’s too conventional by half.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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One commenter shared with OP that this behavior is normal and that kids can often switch their preference between parents.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Having never worked at a place that wasn’t a scam center, the more experienced among them came to see their jobs as normal.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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Residents here are not used to the kind of surveillance and military presence that is more commonplace in Caracas, the capital.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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Abandonments like Brownie’s have become increasingly commonplace.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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All are dressed in period garb — Clarkson in a gorgeous gown and her band, My Band Y’all, led by musical director and keyboardist Jason Halbert, in formal white dinner jackets typical of musical acts at the time.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Alternatives to typical iron supplements to consider include intravenous (IV) iron, slow-release oral iron tablets, and dietary iron.—
Emmanuella Ogbonna,
Health,
31 Oct. 2025
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Their characteristic projecting spines serve both as flotation modulators (via a complex process akin to raising and lowering protoplasmic sails) and as masts permitting the cell to extend itself outward into the surrounding water and feed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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The closure is made with a zipper on the front, a characteristic element of many of his creations.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Wonted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wonted. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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